A Roaring Good Time

Thought for the day:  Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused. 

Sometimes I laugh so hard, I get a little horse...  (Sorry.)

Okay, it's time for this oldie but goody to run an oldie but goody. Yep, rerun time. But, wait! Don't change the channel yet... some reruns are worth watching a second time, and I think this is one of them. Besides, since it first ran in November of 2011, it'll be brand new to most of you.

Its original title was Why Can't We? And so with a little updating and no further ado, here 'tis. Enjoy!

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Thought for the day: And one day the lion and lamb shall lie down together.

                                               

No, not THIS Noah's Ark!

My brother was in town for a couple days the week before Thanksgiving, and he, Smarticus, and I took a trip to a really neat place. Noah's Ark. That's what the place is called ... it's not like we made a quick run to Mt. Ararat or anything.

It's actually a privately-owned animal sanctuary here in Georgia. A sprawling place which a variety of furry, scaly, and feathered animals now call home. (And some of the ... "Hello! Pretty bird!" ... feathered ones are VERY talkative!)

This emu was almost as interested in watching us as we were in watching him. There was an extremely large group (flock? herd?) of emus at the sanctuary. Not sure why there were so many of them. Maybe some breeders unloaded them on the facility.





In spite of the thought for the day, we didn't see any actual lambs and lions cuddling up together, but we did see something almost as startling.

Above is home for three very special critters. If you look closely, you'll see a tiger lying on the porch. See him? (Sorry ... couldn't make the darned zoom on my camera work.)

And HERE, resting beside the fence, is a lion.

And here's the lion and tiger ... TOGETHER! Oh my!

And, surprise! Above, you'll see the third member of this unusual trio. When the chow wagon drew near, the bear lumbered out to join the cats. Guess he was hungry as a... you know...

Here's the three of them together.

And another shot of the three amigos.

The bear and tiger kept nuzzling each other.

The lion is slurping on what the caretakers called a beef popsicle.

So, what's their story? How is it that these three animals, who would ordinarily be considered mortal foes, can live and play together in peace? They've been raised together since they were cubs, when they were confiscated from drug dealers. Bottom line, who cares how their species behave in the wild? These three are friends. And perhaps, therein lies an important lesson for all of us, dontcha think? A lesson of hope and peace.

                                         

                                      Until next time, take care of yourselves. And each other.

P.S. Many thanks to all of you for the good wishes about our visit with some of the grandchildren over the weekend. We did, indeed, have a wonderful time. (A roaring good time!) I was too busy playing to take many pictures, but here's one:

Devyn, Aaron, and Kymber

That picture was taken right after a reshuffling. Jaiden decided to abandon the swing to do some climbing, so Aaron left his spot on the swing with Devyn to sit on the big boy swing. (And now they want to know why I'm messing with a stupid camera instead of pushing the swings... like I'm supposed to be doing. Heck, while I was pushing all four of them, I was beginning to think maybe I should try out for America's Got Talent...)